“She called it baggage. "You're scared to open your suitcases and see what your mother packed.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“It also makes my father right again. How will I ever soar with the eagles if I'm surrounded by turkeys?” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“If parents cared as much about raising kids as the chef cared about making this cake, the world would be a completely… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie. Maybe I would have been… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I guess it was hard for him to look at the logic behind the draft lotteries, because that same logic had taken… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Only two hours earlier she was telling me how great I was because I could cook eggs. Now my egg-making means I'm… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“My mother left us when I was twelve. She found a man who was not as parsimonious as my father and moved… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Now it’s my turn. I am going to birth myself. I am going to be a better mother to me than she… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“She looked into space a lot, didn't say much, and kissed my father when midnight came, as if she were punching a… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I only hope that for right now, you remember that there is no place for hate in a happy life. I don’t care who… — A.s. King Copy Share Image
“Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie. Maybe I would have been his girlfriend.… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
But that's a side effect of alcohol, isn't it? Stopping to think about other people is not on the bar menu. — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Most people don't think past themselves. I know that. But I want Vera to see other people. To respect other people. To realize that… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
"You two would make a cute couple," she says as she passes by with a full dough tray in her arms. I don't know… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I love vocab. It's like spelunking in a cave you've been in your whole life and discovering a thousand new tunnels.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“But they keep saving me because they know I stand for something. They're just not sure what yet. -The Pagoda” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“My toaster could have a soul,and the walnut grove to the east of my house could be just a bunch of trees or could… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
